Clinical Cardiac Pacing and Defibrillation
Description:... The New Edition of this definitive text offers comprehensive guidance on both cardiac pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators. It examines the clinical, engineering, and practical aspects of patient and device managementfrom before implantation through follow-up. Readers will find a wealth of new advances in this revised and updated reference.Delivers 5 brand-new chapters on implantable cardioverter defibrillators and atrial defibrillators.Expanded coverage of: pacemaker complications; Laser and lead extraction; Clinical trials in pacing; and Pacemaker and defibrillator implantation.Addresses the management of patients with a broad range of conditions, including sinus node disease, carotid sinus hypersensitivity, tachyarrhythmias, heart failure, and more.Details cardiac pacing in pediatric patients.Illustrate vital concepts and techniques with over 745 x-rays and figures.Explains how to approach pacemaker generator changes.Reviews fundamental concepts such as how to pace the heart and how leads, power sources, programmers, and electronic circuitry work.
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